When you were born,
you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live your life so that when you die,
he world cries and you rejoice.
Kabi
From the New Blog:
Night of the Living Voters and Dead #Add2WordsToFilmTitles
I prefer more subtle vs. insulting political humor. For example, when Bernie Sanders complains about 23 choices of deodorants, I might respond, "Only 23?Senator, have you ever been on Amazon.com?" #WhatILearnedFromComedians
Having to pay taxes #BeingAnAdultIn4Words
Trump was misquoted: he meant to say 'tired of all the whining'. "Tired of all the Winning"
Context is everything. Oddly enough, the greatest President over the past century gave the best example. When a lady next to him at dinner said that she made a bet she could get 3 words out of Silent Cal: "You lose." #WhatILearnedFromComedians
Here's a Group of People Who Sorely Deserve Getting Their Asses Kicked?
Context is everything. Oddly enough, the greatest President over the past century gave the best example. When a lady next to him at dinner said that she made a bet she could get 3 words out of Silent Cal: "You lose." #WhatILearnedFromComedians
Our National Debt Is Out of This World
Trump's Infrastructure Plan
Political Cartoon
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| Courtesy of Gary Varvel via Townhall |
Musical Interlude: My Favorite Vocalists
Neil Sedaka, "Solitaire". No, not Laura Branigan's version. This is one of my all-time favorite songs (for obvious reasons, never married, although I haven't played Solitaire in years). The ballad was the title track in a 1972 British release, although he apparently never released it. It became an A/C chart topper for the Carpenter (below); I'm a huge Carpenters fan, but of the three versions, I prefer Andy William's more personal (lyrics) take (and I'm a huge Williams fan). This is one of those songs I've sung literally dozens of times in the shower and my inner producer wants to remake the song with a jazzy backdrop, maybe a wailing sax. It's harder to sing than you think; whereas a lot of times a singer is challenged by high notes (think Aerosmith's "Dream On" or Boston's "More Than a Feeling") this song has a low note that's hard to nail. But if you recall my criticism about Sedaka's "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"'s bouncy arrangement, I think he really nailed the mournful melody in this song. In my mind, I see the protagonist here like a lonely old man living out his final years. (I need to start working on my own songs.
